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Rate My Professor Hamish Osborne

University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

Always positive and enthusiastic in class.

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About Hamish

Dr. Hamish Osborne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago's Dunedin School of Medicine, serving as Academic Convenor for the postgraduate programme in Sport and Exercise Medicine. He holds qualifications of MB ChB and FACSP from the University of Otago, where he graduated before pursuing sports physician training in Perth, Australia, for nearly 13 years. His professional career encompasses extensive experience in elite sports medicine, beginning as team doctor for the Australian women’s national basketball team from 1997 until 2007, providing athlete care at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and serving one year as doctor for the Highlanders rugby team. Since 2018, Osborne has been the team doctor for New Zealand’s Tall Blacks national basketball team, contributing to approximately 37 international fixtures, including the 2019 FIBA World Cup. He balances his academic role with half-time private practice and is currently undertaking a PhD focused on improving screening protocols for elite male basketball players to identify underlying medical conditions that may lead to sudden death in sport.

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